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Public Policy Tipoffs Involving Kentucky Newsletter for 2024-04-24 ( 2 items ) |
Disabled American Veterans: VA Suspends Pension Debt Collection From Veterans After Discovery of System Error (10)
ERLANGER, Kentucky, April 24 -- Disabled American Veterans issued the following news:
The Department of Veterans Affairs has suspended debt collections related to overpayments of pensions to low-income veterans or their survivors because of accounting errors made over the past 12 years.
Between 2011 and 2022, VA officials were unable to reliably verify the self-reported income of these pensioners due to errors in comparison data.
As a result, nearly 40,000 low-income veterans and their surviv more PR
HRC's Weekly State Fights Report: New Title IX Rule Combats Climate of Harassment and Bullying (10)
WASHINGTON, April 23 -- The Human Rights Campaign issued the following Weekly State Fights Report on April 22, 2024:
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TOPLINE TAKEAWAYS:
* 28 states are currently in session as of April 19
* 15 states have ended session as of April 19
* So far, HRC is tracking about 815+ bills:
- 205+ pro-equality
- 435+ anti-LGBTQ+
- Eighteen anti-LGBTQ+ bills have passed into law: Alabama: SB 129, Alabama: SB 48, Idaho: HB 668, Idaho: HB 421, Idaho: HB 538, Iowa: SF 2095, Kentucky: HB 174, Ohio: H more PR
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